 | | | The Green Man has a long and interesting history, beginning in the 18th century. We are currently trying to trace the past of the building. So far we know that a landlord was registered here from 1852... | | | | | Local history records suggest this building has always been used as a Public House, with the exception of a brief period in the 1980s when it became “Wimborne Leather”. “The Green Man” was originally less than half its current size, the single pile building was doubled up at the rear in the 19th century and further extended in recent years. It may have originally served ales from “Julian’s Brewery”, which was located next to the pub now known as “The Pudding and Pye”. Perhaps the stable buildings to the rear were once home to the dray horses used to deliver beer throughout the town from the brewery. | | | | | To the front of the pub is the former town pound. During the 18th and 19th century, pigs grubbed and foraged in the churchyard and it was to this spot that livestock found wandering the streets of Wimborne were taken. A plaque still stands outside to mark the spot. | | | | | Clearly the building has a history at the heart of the local community; on 28th May 1841 an inquisition into the death of George Jinkins was held “at the house of James Galpin known by the sign of the Green Man”. A verdict of accidental drowning was recorded. | | | | | For most of its life, the pub has been known as “The Green Man”, with the sign depicting a forester, perhaps a representation of those who worked in the woodlands of the Kingston Lacy Estate and were the original regulars. | | | | | | | | | | | |
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